The Party Animal (1984)

Directed by

David Beaird

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

R

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A college student tries to become popular by throwing wild parties. The film uses a fake documentary style to make fun of raunchy campus movies from the 1980s.

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What happens

The Party Animal is a 1984 American fantasy comedy film written and directed by David Beaird. It was independently produced and was released across the United States, where it was critically derided, but did respectably well at the box office. The film is a slapstick mockumentary-style comedy that spoofed the college campus sexploitation genre popularized by Animal House and Porky's. Though the movie was made on a shoestring budget, its soundtrack featured Buzzcocks, The Untouchables (who also perform in the film), The Fleshtones, The Convertables and Chelsea. The theme song for The Party Animal was "Why Can't I Touch It". The film is available through MGM Home entertainment on a limited edition series of 80s comedies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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